Improvement in cutters for meat and vegetables



m. L. EnwAnn.

Cutters for [goat and Vegetables Patente'dIuneB,1873..

v WiT EEEEE AM PHOTO-L mmsRAPn/c ca MX (osaomvs maczss) UNITED STATESPATENT QFFICE.

MARTIN L. EDWARDS, or sAL-EM, onto.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUTTERS FOR MEAT AND VEGETABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,601, dated June 3,1873; application filed March 8, 1673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, M. L. EDWARDS, of Salem, county of Oolumbiana andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meatand Vegetable Cutters, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to the construction of a machine forcutting meat, hash, sausages, vegetables, and other artiales; andconsists in the arrangement and combination of the various parts, whichwill be more fully set forth and claimed hereafter.

Figure lrepresents a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideview of the adjustable standard, on which the driving mechanism rests.Fig. 3 is an inverted view of the cutting-block. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof one of the guides, upon which the block travels.

a represents a metallic standard, to which is secured the adjustableslotted bearing 1) in such a manner that it can be adjusted up and downat will, carrying the whole driving mechanism with it. Secured to thishearing is the internally-toothed drivin gwheel 0, operated by thehandle d, and which meshes with the pinion e. Attached to the same shaftas the pinion is the balance-wheel g, to which is secured the crank-armh for operating the cutter-lever i, the said arm being provided with anysuitable non-frictional devices,"so as to prevent wear to it and theslot in which it works. The lever 73 may have any desired number ofknives or cutters attached to it, and is pivoted to the slotted standardj, so that it can be adjusted up and down, and thus regulate the depthto which the cutters shall operate. Forming part of, and extendingdownward at right angles to the lever i is the slotted lever l, to whichis secured the pawl m for revolvingthe cutting-block, and which isguided back and forth in its movements by the lougit-udinallyslottedguide a secured to the base of the machine, so as to prevent any lateralmotion to the lever 1:.

By moving the bearing-pin of the pawl up and down in the slot in thelever 1 it can be made to give a longer or shorter stroke and revolvethe cutting-block. slowly or rapidly, as may be desired, the said pawlbeing held against the cogs of the block by a spring. 0, and having itsend supported by the guide 1'. The cutting-block t consists of acircular piece of wood, of suitable thickness, having the walls or paila secured to its top, in which the material to be cut is placed. Securedto its bottom is the circular casting o, having ratch et-teeth on itsperiphery and a circular groove, to, running around the underside,'which fits over the guides 00, so as to keep the block in place.Hinged to the base is a small arm, g, which can be made to catch underthe lever and hold it suspended at its highest point, so that the blockcan belit'ted up from the guides for the purpose of emptying itscontents.

As the block becomes worn by the constant action of the cutters, bylowering the adjustable bearing b on thestandard a; the knives orcutters can be readily adj ustedto any thickness.

The metallic standard a, to which is secured the driving mechanism, maybe constructed in one piece, adjusting the cutters to the cuttingblockby means of the slot in the standard j. The machine may be made of anysize desired.

Havin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The knife-leveri having a horizontal slot for crank-pin h and arm I,in combination with slotted standard j, substantially as shown and myinvention, I hereunto affix my signature.

this 3d day of 'March, 1873.

MARTIN L. EDWARDS. Witnesses:

PETER AMBLER, HIRAM GREINER.

